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1. Getting Acquainted with Nagasaki

It is easy to find your way around Nagasaki if you imagine the city in the shape of an L, with a long north-south corridor and a curve to the east. Try to make a vivid mental image of the city using the steps below. Once you are comfortable with these major landmarks, you will quickly be able to locate wherever you are in the city, whether walking or taking the bus or streetcar.

1. Landmarks: Our university, Sumiyoshi, Nagasaki Station

Sumiyoshi is home to many college students in Nagasaki. It has a mall (Chitosepia), a cheap grocery store (Marutama), and many restaurants and bars. Walking north for about 45 minutes takes you to our university, and walking south for about 60 minutes takes you to Nagasaki Station. Visualize the city from north to south, starting with the university, then Sumiyoshi, and finally Nagasaki Station.

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Sumiyoshi
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Nagasaki Station
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2. North: Seiyu, Nagasaki U, Peace Park

Halfway between the school and Sumiyoshi is the Wal*Mart-operated Seiyu superstore. Just south of Sumiyoshi is the national Nagasaki University. Halfway between Sumiyoshi and Nagasaki Station is Peace Park. Seiyu has a McDonald's on its first floor, Nagasaki University is a large school with many clubs, and Peace Park is near a baseball stadium.

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Nagasaki University
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Nagasaki Station
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3. 3 Malls

Between Peace Park and Nagasaki Station is Cocowalk Mall. Another mall, Yumesaito, is just south of Nagasaki Station, which is also a mall itself. Thinking from north to south again, visualize the three malls in one straight line.

The streetcar starts just north of Sumiyoshi and runs due south to Nagasaki Station and beyond. The area between Sumiyoshi and Nagasaki Station is the busiest part of the route and is serviced by two streetcar lines, red and blue.

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Seiyu	Streetcar
Sumiyoshi	0
Nagasaki University	0
Peace Park	0
Cocowalk Mall	0
Nagasaki Station	0
Yumesaito Mall	0

4. Turning East: City Hall, Dejima

The red streetcar line turns east at Nagasaki Station and passes City Hall. The blue streetcar stays south for a few more minutes and then turns east at Dejima, a re-creation of the historic Dutch trading post.

Picture both streetcar lines, red and then blue, veering east to make the lower segment of the L. City hall is in the middle, and Dejima island sits at the bottom.

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Seiyu	Streetcar
Sumiyoshi	00
Nagasaki University	00
Peace Park	00
Cocowalk Mall	00
Nagasaki Station	00-City Hall
Yumesaito Mall	0
	0-Dejima

5. East: Suwa Shrine, Hamano-machi, Glover Garden

On the red streetcar line, you can continue east to Suwa Shrine. On the blue line, you can reach Hamano-machi, the biggest shopping district in the city.

Hamano-machi and the nearby Shianbashi entertainment district are far away from the school and student housing on the northern edge of the city. Remember this (and the time of the last streetcar, 10:50 p.m., and last bus, 11:00 p.m.) when staying out late.

Glover Garden’s Sky Road is on the southeastern edge of the streetcar line. You can reach it easily with a free transfer to the green line at Chinatown.

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Seiyu	Streetcar
Sumiyoshi	00
Nagasaki University	00
Peace Park	00
Cocowalk Mall	00		0 Suwa Shrine
Nagasaki Station	00-0-0	City Hall-0-0-0-	0
Yumesaito Mall	0		0 Hamano-machi
	0-0-0-	Dejima - 0-0-0-	0
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			0 Glover Garden

The rest of this guide will explain in detail how to move around Nagasaki: by school bus, city bus, streetcar, and train. But before you continue, take a few minutes to rebuild your image of downtown Nagasaki in your head:

Landmarks: Our university, Sumiyoshi, Nagasaki Station
North: Seiyu, Nagasaki U, Peace Park
3 malls (Cocowalk, Nagasaki Station, Yumesaito)
Turning East: City Hall, Dejima
East: Suwa Shrine, Hamano-machi, Glover Garden

As you spend more time in Nagasaki, you will naturally feel more comfortable with the layout of the city. But if you first make a skeleton map in your head, you will find that comfort, along with the confidence to travel anywhere in the city, much more quickly.